Combination shovel and coal-receptacle.



Patented Jan. 25, 1910.

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NATHANIEL R. MIDDLETON, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

COMBINATION SHOVEL AND COAL-RECEPTAGLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 4, 1907, Serial No. 391,384. Renewed June21, 1909. Serial No. 503,496.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, NATHANIEL R. M11)- DLETON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State ofNew Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a CombinationShovel and Coal-Receptacle, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a receptacle de signed to hold coal andprovided with a shovel designed especially for use in connection withthe receptacle and the object of the invention is to provide a neat,convenient means for holding a supply of coal on hand in a placeconvenient to the stove, as the receptacle can be placed in a kitchen orstore room without taking up more than a minimum amount of space withoutbeing open to the usual objections to the ordinary bin.

This invention consists of the novel features of constructionhereinafter fully described, pointed out in the claims and shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device, the lid being raised andthe door open. Fig. 2 is a sectional view through the receptacle showingthe same closed.

In these drawings A represents the receptacle which is preferablymounted upon suitable rollers and is provided with a handle A so that itcan be readily moved from place to place. The-receptacle is alsoprovided with a hinged lid A for convenience in filling. \Vithin thereceptacle is a sloping downwardly inclined false bottom B provided withan opening 13 through which the coal can fall to the bottom of thereceptacle A and the false bottom B prevents the coal from fallingagainst a pivoted door C of an opening C normally closed by said door.Sliding beneath the false bottom B and through the doorway C is a shovelD constructed in the form of a scoop and provided with a pivoted handleD. Upon one side of the doorway, the front of the casing A is providedwith a sleeve E into which the handle D enters when folded as indicatcdin dotted lines in Fig. 1, the said handle being also shown in thisposition in Fig. 2.

In a receptacle so constructed, a supply of coal can always be keptready for immediate use and the coal can be removed from the receptacleto the stove without dropping the coal or dirt upon the floor.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A receptacle for coal havinga doorwav formed in one side and slottedadjacent said doorway, a shovel working through said doorway, and apivoted handle connected to the shovel and adjusted to rest in said slotwhen the shovel is not in use.

2. A receptacle for coal having an opening formed in one side and havingtwo adjacent sides slotted, one end of said slot communicating with saidopening, a shovel working through said opening, and a pivoted handlecarried by the shovel and in position to enter said slot when not inuse.

NATHANIEL R. MIDDLETON.

Witnesses:

AUGUST Josr, BARTON GREEN.

